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slackpkg - Package manager for Slackware >= 12.2¶

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis
Requirements (on host that executes module)
Options
Examples
- Status

Synopsis ¶

Manage binary packages for Slackware using ‘slackpkg’ which is available in versions after 12.2.

Requirements (on host that executes module)¶

Slackware >= 12.2

Options ¶

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
name	yes			name of package to install/remove
state	no	present	present absent latest	state of the package, you can use "installed" as an alias for `present` and removed as one for `absent`.
update_cache	no		True False	update the package database first

Examples ¶

# Install package foo
- slackpkg:
    name: foo
    state: present

# Remove packages foo and bar
- slackpkg:
    name: foo,bar
    state: absent

# Make sure that it is the most updated package
- slackpkg:
    name: foo
    state: latest

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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